Comments on: Oh Trulia! http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/oh-trulia/ News, insights, tools, and inspiration for business owners and professionals Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:56:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vicki Moore http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/oh-trulia/#comment-3604 Vicki Moore Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:09:01 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=988#comment-3604 I'm with you two. I don't understand the insatiable need for housing information. I do understand the desire to look at pictures of houses. What I don't understand is the desire to capture and regurgitate all of the intricacies of stats, contracts, legalese, and so on. Even if all of the information is available, how in the hell is the average person going to sort through it and apply it to their specific situation? I just don't get it. I’m with you two. I don’t understand the insatiable need for housing information. I do understand the desire to look at pictures of houses. What I don’t understand is the desire to capture and regurgitate all of the intricacies of stats, contracts, legalese, and so on. Even if all of the information is available, how in the hell is the average person going to sort through it and apply it to their specific situation? I just don’t get it.

]]> By: Lani Anglin http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/oh-trulia/#comment-3577 Lani Anglin Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:37:33 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=988#comment-3577 Dalton, I think you're right- if we could add about 20 more incomplete search engines for the same, regurgitated homes, consumers couldn't possibly NOT be confused! Although Trulia is one of the more complete non-agent site and aims to be consumer friendly, it is still a *part* of the confusion (which I'm fine with- send your confused Austinites our way!!!!). Dalton, I think you’re right- if we could add about 20 more incomplete search engines for the same, regurgitated homes, consumers couldn’t possibly NOT be confused! Although Trulia is one of the more complete non-agent site and aims to be consumer friendly, it is still a *part* of the confusion (which I’m fine with- send your confused Austinites our way!!!!).

]]> By: Jonathan Dalton http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/oh-trulia/#comment-3570 Jonathan Dalton Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:14:23 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=988#comment-3570 One of the notions that came from the technogeek focus group held by the local MLS earlier this month was that information overload is going to come soon for the real estate consumer. They are being bombarded on all sides by information - some relevant, some just techno-cool and virtually none of it complete. Many believe this is going to leave the consumer more empowered. Sometimes, though, I get the feeling it's going to leave the consumer begging for anyone to simplify things for them. Searching for a home shouldn't be as confusing as any given episode of Lost. (And yes, I have no bloody idea what tonight's episode meant. Someone with the answers want to explain it?) One of the notions that came from the technogeek focus group held by the local MLS earlier this month was that information overload is going to come soon for the real estate consumer. They are being bombarded on all sides by information – some relevant, some just techno-cool and virtually none of it complete.

Many believe this is going to leave the consumer more empowered. Sometimes, though, I get the feeling it’s going to leave the consumer begging for anyone to simplify things for them.

Searching for a home shouldn’t be as confusing as any given episode of Lost. (And yes, I have no bloody idea what tonight’s episode meant. Someone with the answers want to explain it?)

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